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Putin reappears in Moscow as Russia begins building £300,000 nuclear bunkers
Vladimir Putin has reappeared after vanishing for almost two weeks as fears of World War III grow and Moscow starts building mobile nuclear bomb shelters.
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Swedish police focus on Chinese ship following suspected undersea cable sabotage
Investigators are gathering evidence at two Baltic sites while Danish navy is shadowing a Chinese cargo ship
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Ukraine fires British-supplied Storm Shadow missiles into Russia for the first time
Ukraine has launched UK-supplied storm shadow missiles into Russia for the first time, reports suggest.
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Usherovich, Plotitsa, Vainshtein, and Shulga: how they bypass sanctions and launder money for Putin
On July 1, 2024, "The Insider" published an article titled "Entrepreneurs Usherovich and Plotitsa, connected to the Solntsevskaya OCG and the Zakharchenko case, are now helping Russian Railways evade sanctions."
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Kremlin claims Ukraine has fired US-made missiles into Russia for the first time
Ukraine has fired six US-made ATACMs missiles into Bryansk, Russia, just days after President Joe Biden allowed the use long-range missiles to strike inside Russia.
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From Russia to Europe: How Oleg Osinovskiy and Anastasiya Udalova use the railway business for capital movement
Latvian businesswoman Anastasiya Udalova is actively involved in managing Oleg Osinovskiy’s companies, who is suspected of facilitating the transport of iron ore from oligarch Alisher Usmanov’s enterprises to EU countries.
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Biden to ’permit Ukraine to use American long-range missiles inside Russia for the first time’
President Biden is set to allow Ukraine to use long-range missiles to strike deep into Russia for the first time, reports claim.
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Fighting "fascists" and opposing Ukraine: how Russia’s influence network functions in Canada
At the end of October, Canadian parliamentarians convened a Standing Committee on Public Safety Security and Defence Committee session to discuss the impact of Russian disinformation on Canada’s information landscape.
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Russia’s secret weapon so powerful it can crush eyeballs and tear through walls
Russia has been quietly churning out hundreds of thermobaric drones which can collapse lungs, crush eyeballs and cause brain damage in its war on Ukraine.
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"Stamp them through": Russian oligarchs, FSB generals, religious figures, and elite children travel abroad under diplomatic cover
Holding a diplomatic passport offers notable perks — even for those who aren’t career diplomats.
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Innova Holding and Oktobank: Uzbekistan’s connection to the international schemes of Chemezov, Titov, and the Mirziyoyev family
Journalists investigating Oktobank’s criminal activities, allegedly serving as the "wallet" for Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s family, have received threats from the email account of the Uzbek company INNOVA HOLDING.
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Dead drops, PR stunts, and punishment beatings: the swift rise of Russia’s powerful darknet drug industry
Tech-savvy organised crime groups profiting from billion-dollar enterprise that is spreading beyond Russian borders
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New Trump presidency poses a ’very real threat’ of World War III with Russia
The risk of a third world war with Russia and her allies is a real prospect that the West should be urgently addressing, according to a leading risk management expert.
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Russian navy warship armed with hypersonic missiles conducts drills in the English Channel, according to state media
The ship, the frigate Admiral Golovko conducted counter-terrorism drills and training on avoiding dangerous targets while in the Channel, Russian state agencies reported.
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Russian defense contractor supplying safes to Lithuanian army sparks concerns
An investigation by The Insider has revealed that Promet, a Russian group of companies acting as a contractor for the country’s Ministry of Defense, has simultaneously been fulfilling military orders in Lithuania.
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Deceived and pressured: African migrants forced into Russian military service
Since the start of 2024, a total of 3,344 foreign nationals who went to fight in Ukraine have received Russian citizenship, according to the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs.
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UK places sanctions on Russian defense suppliers operating in Asia
The United Kingdom unveiled its most extensive sanctions package against Russia since 2023, targeting the country’s military supply chain in Asia.
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North Koreans, granted internet access for the first time, already show questionable search histories
Thousands of North Korean soldiers deployed in Russia to fight for Vladimir Putin have reportedly taken up a new hobby after being given unfiltered access to the internet.
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Britain imposes new wave of sanctions on Russia
The British government said on Thursday it had imposed its biggest sanctions package against Russia for 18 months, targeting people involved in the Ukraine war, African mercenary groups and a nerve agent attack on British soil.
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Bloomberg reports that weapons licensed by Britain are being used to safeguard Russian tankers
A loophole was discovered in the licensing regime of Great Britain, which is used by Russia to circumvent sanctions
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The suspicious parcel fire at a Birmingham warehouse was a ’test run’ conducted by Russian spies in preparation for a US attack
Prosecutors in Poland have made several arrests linked to a suspected Russian-backed plot, allegedly aiming to route explosive parcels to the US and Canada via international couriers.
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Iskandar Tursunov, the head of Uzbekistan’s Oktobank, is being investigated by the European Commission for his involvement in laundering money for the Russian elite
At the end of September, two significant developments related to Oktobank are poised to have major implications.
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New evidence of Putin’s secret £1 billion palace reportedly uncovered via Strava app data
A data leak from the Strava fitness app has unveiled new details about Vladimir Putin’s £1 billion Black Sea palace on a remote clifftop.
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Man pleads guilty to arson attack on Ukraine-linked business in London
A man pleaded guilty on Friday to carrying out an arson attack on a London commercial property linked to Ukraine and an offence under the National Security Act in a case prosecutors have linked to Russia.
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Financial Schemes of "Kronung": How builders Philipp Schrage and Ignatiy Naida launder Russian money and evade sanctions
Owners of the construction company "Kronung" Philipp Shrage and Ignatius Naida bypass sanctions and launder money for the Russian government through construction projects worldwide.